WAP Enabled!

Have you got a WAP phone and need to do something useful with it <big grin>. Now you can follow the progress of the Big Push 2000 on your WAP phone. Just log into http://www.shastatoo.freeserve.co.uk/wap.wml and you can keep up-to-date with how far they have travelled.
For the technically minded, the WAP page is in WML 1.1 format so the page should work on all WAP phones.

Jos Naylor to Run the 1st Lap

Jos Naylor has agreed to run the first lap of The Big Push 2000. Wasdale sheep farmer Jos Naylor is one of the best known fell runners in Britain. His quiet unassuming charm and gritty determination have won him an MBE, the honour of being named a Fellow of Manchester University and the admiration of all who meet him. He marked his 60th birthday in 1996 by running a 96 miles over Lakeland's 60 highest peaks to raise money for multiple sclerosis sufferers and helped launch Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team's Appeal for a new base. (Information supplied by Cumbria On-line)

The Wheelchair Arrives

The wheelchair supplied by Otto Bock for the World Record attempt has arrived and it is truly awesome! We have given it a quick try out and it is so easy to push that we believe we can totally obliterate the current World record. A full test is scheduled for Sunday afternoon 3rd September. We will let you know how we get on...

Tony Cunningham to Start the Push

Tony Cunningham, the Labour Party Candidate for Allerdale, has agreed to start the Big Push 2000 at 5pm Friday 8th September 2000 at the Copeland Stadium, Whitehaven. Tony Cunningham took part in the last record attempt and did a full lap pushing Ian a round the Copeland Stadium athletics track.

Ian with "Stoney"

The Times & Star have done a feature about the Big Push 2000 on the Sports page (25th August edition). The feature includes a picture of Ian with "Stoney" at the Speedway Meeting on Saturday 19th August. The feature also included details of the current attempt and the previous World Record Push in 1997 and our Web Site Address (URL).